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SEPARATELY COMPATMENTALIZED CONTAINER FOR CONTAINING,
STORING AND DISPENSING PRODUCTS
RELATED PATENT APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation-in-part of
Application for U.S. Design Letters Patent Serial
Number 29/147,515 filed on August 30, 2001 entitled:
DESIGN FOR SEPARABLY BI-COMPARTMENTALIZED CONTAINER FOR
STORING AND UTILIZING CONTAINED FLUIDS the disclosure
of which is herein incorporated by reference.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
Our invention is directed to a compound
hollow container having a multiplicity of compartments,
e.g., two or three compartments, with the container
having a continuously stable upright configuration and
being capable of containing, storing and dispensing one
or more liquids such as nail polish and nail polish
remover, and nail polish.curing agent, and optionally,
fluidized solids such as nail glitter and, further
optionally, accessories therefor such as nail polish
remover cleaning pads. The container is equipped with
liquid applicators, e.g., vertically disposed long
brushes, or porous pads for each of the liquids and,
optionally, a fluidi~ed solid dispenser for the
fluidized solids, e.g., a screen or multiplicity of
orifices which can be opened and closed, located in the
upper lid portion of the container. The container
accordingly comprises:
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(a) A hollow base member means for storing a
readily-utilizable first liquid, e.g., nail polish;
(b) An optional storage member means for storing the
accessories, e.g., nail polish remover cleaning pads
detachably attached to the base member;
(c) A hollow body member means for storing a second
readily utilizable second liquid, e.g., nail polish
remover or a readily utilizable fluidized solid, e.g.,
nail glitter, detachably attached to the base member or
the storage member;
(d) A downwardly positioned first applicator means,
either (i) externally attached to the base of the body
member means or (ii) externally attached to the base of
the storage member means, extending downwardly
therefrom into the interior of the base member for
application of said readily-utilizable first liquid;
(e) A capping means detachably attached to the body
means in order to prevent spillage of fluids or
fluidized solids and control the dispensing of the
fluids and fluidized solids;
(f) Optionally attached to either (i) the upper lid of
the capping means and extending vertically downwardly
therefrom into the interior of the body means or
(ii) the upper orifice rim of the body member means and
porously covering in its entirety the upper orifice and
extending upwardly into the interior of the capping
means, a second applicator means, e.g., an elongated
brush or a porous spherical or ellipsoidal pad;
with the proviso that the lowermost horizontal
dimension of the compound hollow container i.e., the
diameter of the base of the base member means, is
substantially greater than the uppermost horizontal
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dimension of the compound hollow container, i.e., the
diameter of the upper lid of the capping means. The
invention is further characterized in that when the
container is in an upright position and in a closed
configuration, the combined vertical outer surface of
each of the base member means, the optional storage
member means, the body member means and the capping
member means form a substantially unitary continuous
unbroken outer surface. Also described is a process
for utilizing the aforementioned article and a kit
assembly for constructing same.
THE II~1VEI~TT ION
Our invention is directed to a compound
hollow container having a multiplicity of compartments,
said container having a continuously stable upright
configuration when place on a substantially horizontal
planar solid surface and said container being capable
of containing, storing and dispensing one or more
readily-utilizable liquids, optionally, fluidized
solids and, optionally accessories therefor, said
container being equipped with liquid applicators for
each of the liquids and, optionally, a fluidized solid
dispenser for the fluidized solids, comprising:
(a) A hollow base member means for containing, storing
and dispensing a readily-utilizable first liquid, said
base member means having an outer liquid-impermeable
vertically-disposed surface, a lower
horizontally-disposed planar base and an upper
horizontally-disposed orifice having an upper orifice
rim;
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(b) Optional storage member means for containing,
storing and dispensing accessories, said storage member
means having an outer liquid-impermeable
vertically-disposed surface and having an upper section
and a lower section, said storage member means being
liquid-impermeable, said lower section being detachably
and sealably attached to the upper orifice rim of the
upper orifice of said base member means;
(c) A hollow body member means for containing, storing
and dispensing a second readily utilizable second
liquid or a readily utilizable fluidized solid, said
body member means having an outer liquid- impermeable
and fluidized solid-impermeable vertically-disposed
surface and a liquid-impermeable or fluidized
solid-impermeable substantially planar
horizontally-disposed base and having an upper
horizontally-disposed orifice having an upper orifice
rim, said body member means being detachably and
sealably attached at its base to the upper section of
said storage member means or to the upper orifice of
said base member means;
(d) Downwardly positioned first applicator means,
either (i) externally attached to the base of said body
member means or (ii) externally attached to the base of
said storage member means, extending downwardly
therefrom into the interior of said base member for
application of said readily-utilizable first liquid;
(e) Capping means having a vertically-disposed outer
liquid-impermeable and fluidized solid-impermeable
vertically-disposed surface and an upper
horizontally-disposed lid which is either
liquid-impermeable, fluidized solid-permeable,
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fluidized solid- impermeable or fluidized
solid-permeabilizable, detachably and sealably attached
to the rim of the upper orifice of said body member
means;
(f) Optionally attached to either (i) the upper lid of
said capping means and extending vertically downwardly
therefrom into the interior of said body means or
(ii) the upper orifice rim of said body member means
and porously covering in its entirety said upper
orifice and extending upwardly into the interior of
said capping means, second~applicator means for
application of said readily-utilizable second liquid;
further characterized in that (i) when the container is
in an upright position and in a closed configuration,
the combined vertical outer surface of each of the base
member means, the optional storage member means, the
body member means and the capping member means form a
substantially unitary continuous unbroken outer surface
and (ii) the horizontal dimension of the lower
~0 horizontally-disposed substantially planar base, DBL is
substantially greater than the horizontal dimension of
the upper horizontally-disposed lid, DLU.
Preferably the container of our invention is
one wherein each of the aforementioned attachments is
via two mating, juxtaposed screw fittings and/or via
two mating snap-fit fittings. The nature of the mating
screw fittings and mating snap-fit fittings useful in
the practice of our invention and employed in
connection with the base member means, the container
member means, the storage member means and capping
member means of our invention are well known to those
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having ordinary skill in the art. Specific mating
screw fittings, for example those disclosed in Van
Montgomery, U.S. Patent 3,971,487 issued on July 27,
1976, the disclosure of which is herein incorporated by
reference are preferred in the practice of our
invention.
A more preferred embodiment of our invention
is a compound hollow bi-compartmentali2ed container
capable of containing, storing and dispensing
readily-utilizable liquids and/or readily-utilizable
fluidized solids and equipped with liquid applicators
for each of the liquids and fluidized solid dispensers
for each of the fluidi~ed solids, consisting
essentially of:
(a) A vertically-disposed hollow base member having a
hollow vertically-disposed frusto-conical base section
having a planar circular liquid-impermeable first solid
base of radius R1 of preferably from about 1 cm up to
about 2 cm and having a first circular rim having a
length of 2~R1; extending upwardly from the entire
circumference of said first circular rim a
substantially vertically-disposed liquid-impermeable
solid thin cylindrical wall having a height Hl
preferably of from about 2.5 cm up to about 5.0 cm
surrounding a first volume V1 preferably of from
about 20 cc up to about 100 cc terminating at an upper
horizontal second circular rim having a radius R2
preferably of from about 1 cm up to about 2 cm; fixedly
fused to the entirety of the said second circular rim
and extending upwardly, a vertically-disposed outwardly
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concave upwardly convergent frusto-hyperbolic section
having a height H2 preferably of from about 0.5 cm up
to about 1.5 cm and having a thin liquid-impermeable
solid cylindrical wall terminating at an upper
horizontal third circular rim fully circumventing a
first horizontal aperture having a radius R3 preferably
of from about 0.5 up to about 1.5 cm with the proviso
that R2 > R3; and fixedly fused to said third circular
rim a first vertically-disposed cylindrical section
having a liquid-impermeable thin solid cylindrical wall
and a height H3 preferably of from about 0.5 cm up to
about 1.0 cm and an inner first cylinder surface and an
outer first cylinder surface, said outer first cylinder
surface being horizontally threaded with a first thread
pitch p and a thread depth 0, said first cylindrical
section fully circumventing the entirety of a second
horizontally disposed aperture of radius R3;
(b) Removably attached to said hollow base member onto
said first vertically-disposed cylindrical section, a
vertically-disposed hollow body member having a hollow
vertically-disposed frusto-conical body section having
a horizontally-disposed planar circular
liquid-impermeable or fluidized solid-impermeable
second solid base of radius R2' preferably of from
about 1 cm up to about 2 cm having a fourth circular
rim circumventing said second solid base; fixedly
attached proximate the center of said second solid
base, and extending vertically downwardly therefrom
into the interior of said frusto-conical base section a
first applicator member having a length L1 preferably
of from about 3.0 cm up to about 6.5 cm with the
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proviso that H1 S L1 < [Hi + H2 + H3] ; fixedly fused to
the entirety of said fourth circular rim and extending
downwardly, a vertically-disposed outwardly concave
downwardly convergent frusto-hyperbolic section having
a height HZ' preferably of from about 0.5 cm up to
about 1.5 cm and having a thin liquid-impermeable wall
terminating at a lower horizontal fifth circular rim
circumventing a third horizontally-disposed aperture of
radius R3' which is co-planar with said second
horizontally-disposed aperture, with the proviso
that R3= R3'; fixedly fused to the entirety of said
lower horizontal fifth circular rim, and extending
upwardly therefrom, within the confines of said
downwardly convergent frusto-hyperbolic section, in a
direction perpendicular to the plane of said third
horizontally-disposed aperture, a second
vertically-disposed cylindrical section having a liquid
or fluidized solid-impermeable thin solid wall of
height H3' preferably of from about 0.5 cm up to
about 1 cm and an inner second cylinder surface and an
outer second cylinder surface, said inner second
cylinder surface being horizontally threaded with a
second thread having a thread pitch p' and a thread
depth 0', said second thread mating with, being
juxtaposed and removably sealably cooperating with said
first thread of said first cylindrical section of said
base member (a); extending upwardly from the entirety
of said fourth. circular rim a substantially
vertically-disposed liquid-impermeable solid thin wall
having a height H1' preferably of from about 2.5 cm up
to about 5.0 cm surrounding a second volume V2
preferably of from about 20 cc up to about 100 cc
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terminating at an upper horizontally-disposed sixth
circular rim having a radius R2' preferably of from
about 1 cm up to about 2 cm; fixedly fused to the
entirety of said sixth circular rim and extending
upwardly therefrom in a direction perpendicular to the
plane of said third horizontally-disposed aperture, a
third vertically-disposed cylindrical section having a
liquid or fluidized solid-impermeable thin solid wall
and a height H4 preferably of from about 0.5 cm up to
about 1.0 cm and an inner third cylinder surface and an
outer third cylinder surface, said outer third cylinder
surface being horizontally threaded with a third thread
having a thread pitch p" and a thread depth ~", said
third cylinder wall terminating at a seventh circular
rim circumventing a fourth horizontally-disposed
aperture having a radius RQpreferably of from
about 1 cm up to about 2 cm with the proviso
that R4 <_ R3; and
?0 (c) Removably attached to said hollow body member onto
said third vertically disposed cylinder section, a
container capping member having a horizontally-disposed
liquid or fluidized solid-impermeable solid circular
planar base member or porous fluidized solid-permeable
~5 circular planar base member having a radius R5
preferably of from about 0.5 up to about 1.5 cm and
circumvented by an eighth circular rim having a
circumference of 2~R5; fixedly fused to, and extending
downwardly from the entirety of the circumference of
30 said eighth circular rim, an outwardly, downwardly
expanding frusto-conical wall having a height H5
preferably of from about 2 cm up to about 4 cm,
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terminating on the inner portion thereof in a fourth
cylindrical section having a height H4' preferably of
from about 0.5 cm up to about 1.0 cm, said fourth
cylindrical section having a fourth inner cylindrical
surface and a fourth outer cylindrical surface, said
fourth inner cylindrical surface being horizontally
threaded with a fourth thread having a thread
pitch, p"' and a thread depth, ~"', said fourth thread
mating with, being juxtaposed with, and sealably
cooperative with said third thread of said hollow body
member; optionally fixedly attached proximate the
center of said third solid planar base, and extending
vertically downward therefrom into the interior or said
frusto-conical body section, in a direction
perpendicular to the plane of said third solid planar
base, a second applicator member having a length, Z2
preferably of from about 3 cm up to about 8 cm with the
proviso that H1' <_ ZZ <_ [H1' + H4 + H5] ;
further characterized in that when the container is in
an upright position and in a closed configuration, the
combined vertical outer surface of each of the base
member, the body member and the capping member form a
substantially unitary continuous unbroken surface.
~5 Our invention is also directed to a process
for utilizing the above-described container which
process comprises the steps of:
(a) Placing a first utilizable fluid into said base
member means;
(b) Placing a second utilizable fluid into said body
member means;
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(c) Constructing said container by attaching said
storage means to said base means and to said body means
and then attaching said capping means to the upper rim
of said body means;
(d) Storing said container containing said utilizable
fluids for a finite period of time;
(e) Detaching said storage means or said body member
means from said base member means;
(f) Applying said first utilizable fluid to a first
surface removed from said article;
(g) Re-attaching said storage means or said body means
to said base means;
(h) Detaching said capping means from said body means;
(i) Applying said second utilizable fluid to said first
surface removed from said article; and
(j) Re-attaching said capping means to said body means.
Our invention is also directed to a kit
assembly for the construction of a compound hollow
container having a multiplicity of compartments, said
container having a continuously stable upright
configuration when placed on a substantially horizontal
planar solid surface, the container being capable of
containing, storing and dispensing one or more
readily-utilizable liquids, fluidized solids and
accessories therefor, said container being equipped
with liquid applicators for each of the liquids and a
fluidized solid dispenser for the fluidized solids.
The kit assembly of our invention comprises:
(a) A container member means holding palate having a
multiplicity of indented three-dimensional holding
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spaces for fixedly and removably holding container
member means;
(b) At least one hollow base member means each of which
has an upper circumferential rim and each of which
stores one readily-utilizable first liquid, each of
which base member means is fixedly and removably
contained in an indented three-dimensional holding
space of said holding palate;
(c) At least one storage member, each of which stores
accessories, said storage member being detachably
attachable to each of said base member means, each of
said storage members being fixedly and removably
contained in an indented three-dimensional holding
space of said holding palate;
(d) At least one first hollow body member means each of
which has an upper circumferential rim and each of
which stores one second readily-utilizable second
liquid, each of which body member means being fixedly
and removably contained in an indented
three-dimensional holding space of said holding palate;
(e) At least one second hollow body member means each
of which has an upper circumferential rim and each of
which stores one readily-utilizable fluidized solid,
each of which body member means being fixedly and
removably contained in an indented three-dimensional
holding space of said holding palate;
(f) At least two downwardly positionable applicator
means, at least one of which is externally attachable
to the base of a hollow body member means and at least
another of which is externally attachable to the base
of a storage member means, each applicator means being
capable of extending downwardly from its point of
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attachment into the interior of the base member for
application of said readily-utilizable first liquid,
each applicator means being fixedly and removably
contained in an indented three-dimensional holding
space of said holding palate;
(g) At least two capping member means each of which is
fixedly and removably contained in an indented
three-dimensional holding space of said holding palate,
and.each of which capping member means is detachably
attachable to the upper rim of a body member means, a
first capping member means having an solid impermeable
upper lid and a second capping member means having a
permeabilizable upper lid for controlling the
dispensing of fluidized solids from the body member
means to which it is detachably attachable;
(h) At least one elongated brush applicator means
removably attachable to the upper lid of each of the
first capping member means and being capable of
extending downwardly from the upper lid of each of the
first capping member means into the interior of each of
the body member means, each of said elongated brush
applicator means being fixedly and removably contained
in an indented three-dimensional holding space of said
holding palate; and
(i) At least one porous spherical and/or ellipsoidal
pad applicator means removably attachable to each upper
orifice rim of each of the body member means and
designed to cover the entirety of each upper orifice
rim of each body member means, each pad applicator
means being capable of extending upwardly into the
interior of each of said first capping member means;
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further characterized in that when the container is
assembled and placed in an upright position and in a
closed configuration, (i) the combined vertical outer
surface of each of the base member means, the storage
member means when present, the body member means and
the capping member means form a substantially unitary
continuous unbroken outer surface and (ii) the
assembled container has the ability to be maintained in
a stable upright configuration when placed on a
substantially horizontal planar solid surface.
More specifically, and preferably, the kit
assembly of our invention consists of .
(a) A container member means holding palate having
twenty-one indented three-dimensional holding spaces
for fixedly and removably holding container member
means;
(b) Three liquid storage containers storing three
different readily-utilizable first liquids, said
storage containers being removably imbedded,
respectively, in a first holding space, a second
holding space and a third holding space;
(c) A hollow base member means storing a
readily-utilizable first liquid, said base member means
~5 imbedded in a fourth holding space, said base member
means having an outer liquid-impermeable
vertically-disposed surface, a lower
horizontally-disposed planar base and an upper
horizontally-disposed orifice having an upper orifice
rim;
(d) Three accessory storage containers storing three
different groups of accessories said storage containers
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being removably imbedded, respectively, in a fifth
holding space, a sixth holding space and a seventh
holding space;
(e) A storage member means storing accessories imbedded
in an eighth holding space, said storage member means
having an outer liquid-impermeable vertically-disposed
surface and having an upper section and a lower
section, said storage member means being
liquid-impermeable, said lower section being detachably
and sealably attachable to the upper orifice rim of the
upper orifice of said base member means;
(f) Three liquid storage containers storing three
different readily-utilizable second liquids, said
storage containers being removably imbedded,
respectively, in a ninth holding space, a tenth holding
space and an eleventh holding space;
(g) Three fluidized solid storage containers storing
three different readily-utilizable fluidized solids,
said fluidized solid storage containers being removably
imbedded, respectively, in a twelfth holding space, a
thirteenth holding space and a fourteenth holding
space;
(h) A hollow body member means storing a second readily
utilizable second liquid removably imbedded in a
fifteenth holding space, said body member means having
an outer liquid-impermeable vertically-disposed surface
and a liquid-impermeable substantially planar
horizontally-disposed base and having an upper
horizontally-disposed orifice having an upper orifice
rim, said body member means being detachably and
sealably attachable at its base to the upper section of
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said storage member means and to the upper orifice of
said base member means
(i) A hollow body member means storing a readily
utilizable fluidized solid removably imbedded in a
sixteenth holding space, said body member means having
an outer fluidized solid-impermeable
vertically-disposed surface and fluidized
solid-impermeable substantially planar
horizontally-disposed base and having an upper
l0 horizontally-disposed orifice having an upper orifice
rim, said body member means being detachably and
sealably attachable at its base to the upper section of
said storage member means and to the upper orifice of
said base member means;
(j) Downwardly positionable first applicator means
removably imbedded in a seventeenth holding space,
which applicator means has the capability of being
either (i) externally attachable to the base of said
body member means or (ii)externally attachable to the
base of said storage member means, having the
capability of extending downwardly therefrom into the
interior of said base member for application of any of
said readily-utilizable first liquids;
(k) Downwardly positionable second applicator means
removably imbedded in a eighteenth holding space, which
applicator means has the capability of being externally
attachable to the underside of the lid of a first
capping member means, having the capability of
extending downwardly therefrom into the interior of
said body member for application of any of said
readily-utilizable second liquids;
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(1) First capping means removably imbedded in a
nineteenth holding space having a vertically-disposed
outer liquid-impermeable vertically-disposed surface
and an upper horizontally-disposed lid which is
liquid-impermeable, said first capping means being
detachably and sealably attachable to the rim of the
upper orifice of said body member means;
(m) Second capping means removably imbedded in a
twentieth holding space having a vertically-disposed
outer fluidized solid-impermeable vertically-disposed
surface and an upper horizontally-disposed lid which is
fluidized solid-permeabilizable, said second capping
means being detachably and sealably attachable to the
rim of the upper orifice of said body member means; and
(n) Removably imbedded in a twenty-first holding space
and attachable to the upper orifice rim of said body
member means and capable of porously covering in its
entirety said upper orifice and extending upwardly into
the interior of said first capping means, second
applicator means for application of any of said
readily-utilizable second liquids;
further characterized in that when the container is
assembled and placed in an upright position and in a
closed configuration, (i) the combined vertical outer
surface of each of the base member means, the storage
member means when present, the body member means and
the capping member means form a substantially unitary
continuous unbroken outer surface and (ii) since the
horizontal dimension of the lower horizontally-disposed
substantially planar base, DBZ is substantially greater
than the horizontal dimension of the upper
horizontally-disposed lid, DZU, the assembled container
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has the ability to be maintained in a stable upright
configuration when placed on a substantially horizontal
planar solid surface.
The construction materials useful in
fabricating the container members of our invention may
be identical for each member of the container of our
invention or the construction materials for each member
may be dissimilar from one-another. The construction
materials include, interalia, colored and non-colored
transparent, translucent and opaque glasses or
polymers, and, in addition, metallic substances. More
specifically, the construction materials for each
member of the container of our invention may be:
Clear Glass, e.g., PYREX (Registered trademark of
Corning Inc. of Corning, N.Y., U.S.A.);
Stainless steel;
Pigmented glass, e.g., blue pigmented glass or brown
pigmented glass which, due to the inclusion of the
pigment, inhibits decomposition of the substance
contained in the container member caused by ultraviolet
radiation exposure;
Cross-linked pigmented phenol-formaldehyde resins,
e.g., EAKEZITE~ (registered trademark of
Georgia-Pacific Resins, Inc. of Atlanta, Georgia,
U.S.A.);
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Cross-linked transparent polymethyl methacrylate
resins, e.g., PLEXIGLAS" (Registered trademark of
Rohm & Haas Company Corporation of Philadelphia, Pa.,
U.S.A.);
High molecular weight polypropylene;
High molecular weight polyethylene;
Cross-linked melamine-formaldehyde resins, e.g.,
MELMAC° (Registered trademark of Cytec Technology Corp.
of Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.);
Cross-linked urea-formaldehyde resins, e.g., PLASKON~
(Registered trademark of Amoco Chemical Co. of Chicago,
Illinois, U.S.A.);
Polyvinyl chloride, e.g., VINYLITE~ (Registered
trademark of Carbide & Carbon Chemicals Corp. of
New York, N.Y., U.S.A.);
Polyethylene terephthalate, e.g., as disclosed in
Nelsen, U.S. Patent 4,539,356 issued on September 5,
1955, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by
reference;
Pigmented cross-linked polyacetal resins, e.g., DELRIN"
(Registered trademark of E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and
Company of Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.);
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Thermosetting alkyd resins, e.g., BECKACITE~
(Registered trademark of Reichhold Chemicals, Inc. of
White Plains, N.Y., U.S.A.); and
Pigmented cross-linked high molecular weight epoxy
resins, e.g., those formed by means of the reaction of
bis-phenol-A with epichlorohydrin, cross-linked with
phthalic anhydride.
Thus, for example, when used for two
fragrance materials, the frusto-conical base member
means and the frusto-conical base member means is
preferably fabricated from a brown-pigmented PYREX°
glass, whereas the frusto-hyperbolic-shaped walls
connecting the walls of the base member means and the
body member means, as well as the capping member means
is preferably fabricated from a black-pigmented
cross-linked phenol-formaldehyde polymer, e.g.,
BAKELITE. However, when the container of our
invention is used for (i) nail polish and (ii) nail
polish remover, or for (i) a liquid lip stick
suspension and (ii) a liquid mascara suspension, then
each of the frusto-conical base member means and the
frusto-conical body member means is preferably
fabricated from a transparent polymer, e.g.,
cross-linked polymethyl methacrylate, e.g., PLEXIGLAS°
whereas the frusto-hyperbolic connecting wall or
storage member, if used, as well as the capping member
means is preferably fabricated from a pigmented
polyacetal resin, e.g., DELRIN", or a pigmented
melamine-formaldehyde resin, e.g., MELMAC° or a
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pigmented cross-linked phenol-formaldehyde polymer,
e.g., BAKELITE".
The term, 'liquid' is herein intended to
include substances existing in the single liquid phase
or bi-phasic liquids or poly-phasic liquids e.g.,
water-in-oil emulsions or water-in-oil emulsions, or
multiple emulsions ox particulate suspensions of solids
in liquids, e.g., nail polish, nail polish having nail
glitter suspended therein, liquid eye mascara and the
like, at ambient conditions, e.g., in the range of from
about 13 pounds per square in absolute pressure up to
about 17 pounds per square inch absolute pressure and
from about 15°C up to about 40°C temperature, which
'liquid' substances are pourable and/or coatable via
the application means of our invention, e.g., brush or
porous substance applicators and, accordingly, which
substances may conveniently and controllably be
dispensed from the container of our invention at
ambient conditions. The viscosities and densities of
such 'liquids' may thus vary over a wide range and are
functions of the desired rates that the materials are
to be efficaciously dispensed from each of the
container members. Thus, for example, a useful liquid
density of a liquid useful in the practice of our
invention is in the range of from about 0.8 gm/cc up to
about 2 gm/cc at ambient conditions and a useful
viscosity of a liquid useful in the practice of our
invention is in the range of from about 0.5 centipoises
(e.g., the viscosity of solvents such as ethanol) up to
about 700 centipoises (the viscosity of slow-flowing
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polymer compositions such as nail lacquer) at ambient
conditions.
The term 'fluidized solid' is herein intended
to mean a microparticulate solid having particle size
ranges such that the solid may be conveniently and
controllably dispensed f..rom the body member means of
our invention via the capping member means of our
invention through the permeabilizable lid of the
capping member means, for example particles having
effective diameters in the range of from about 5
microns up to about 2 mm, e.g., talc and nail glitter
as well as micro-encapsulated fragrances such as those
produced by coacervation of a gelatin wall about a
liquid perfume center or by spray drying or freeze
drying a fragrance formulation with a carrier such as
starch or a modified starch.
The term 'permeabilization' is herein
intended to mean enablement of a fluidized solid as
defined supra to be controllably dispensed at desired
rates from the lid of the capping member means, for
example through a multiplicity of orifices in the lid,
which orifices have openings having adjustable
diameters of from 0 up to about 2 mm or through a
screen covering an orifice extending over substantially
the entire lid of the capping member which screen has
adjustable mesh sizes enabling controlled passage
therethrough of particles having diameters of from
about 5 microns up to about 2 mm, for example.
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The compartmentalized container and kit for
assembling same of our invention has a multitude of
diverse uses in a multitude of diverse arts including,
but not limited to the cosmetic arts (e. g.,
permutations of the components: nail polish, nail
lacquer, nail glitter, nail lacquer curing agent,
mascara, eye shadow, liquid lipstick, liquid and/or
cream deodorants, liquid and/or cream anti-perspirants
and solvents therefor), the decorative arts (e. g.,
combinations of various oil paints and/or oil paint
lacquers and solvents therefor), the photographic arts
(e.g., combinations of various liquid fixatives and
liquid developers and solvents therefor), the
pharmaceutical arts (e. g., combinations of various
microencapsulated medicinals, liquid antiseptics,
liquid eye drops, liquid medicinals and solvents
therefor), the perfumery arts (e.g., combinations of
various liquid perfumes, perfume emulsions, solvents
therefor and microencapsulated perfumes) and the insect
repellency arts (e. g., combinations of liquid insect
repellents, solvents therefor and microencapsulated
insect repellents).
More specifically, the content of the
following Table I is indicative of the specific arts
and techniques in which the container of our invention
can be employed:
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TABLE I
Art Contents of Contents of Capping Accessories
Base Member Body Member Member in Storage
Means Member
Attachment
Cosmetic- Nail Polish Nail Polish Brush Nail Polish
Nail Care Remover Remover
Pads
Cosmetic- Nail Polish Nail Polish Brush None
Nail Care Remover
Cosmetic- Nail Lacquer Nail Lacquer Brush None
Nail Care Curing
Agent*
Cosmetic- Nail Polish Nail Glitter None None
Nail Care
Cosmetic- Nail Nail Brush Adhesive
Nail Care- infection infection Tape
Medicinal treatment treatment Section
composition composition
component** component**
Cosmetic- Nail Polish Fragrance None None
Fragrance/
Nail Care
Cosmetic- Liquid Eye Liquid Brush Blotting
Eye Makeup Shadow Mascara Pads
Cosmetic- Liquid Skin Liquid Anti- Brush Blotting
Body Care Cleaner Bacterial Pads
Composition
Cosmetic- Liquid Skin Powder Anti- None Antiseptic
Body Care Cleaner Bacterial Pads
Composition
Cosmetic- Liquid Skin Powder Anti- None Pain Relief
Body Care Cleaner Bacterial Pads
Composition
Cosmetic- Liquid Lip Liquid Brush None
Makeup Gloss Lipstick
Cosmetic- Liquid Eye Liquid Eye Brush None
Makeup Shadow Liner
Medicinal Liquid Wound Brush Isopropanol
Antiseptic Dressing -containing
Lacquer mini-wipes
Fragrance- Liquid Liquid Brush None
Insect Fragrance Insect
Repellency Composition Repellent
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Insect Liquid Micro- None None
Repellency Insect encapsulated
Repellent Insect
Repellent
Insect Liquid Liquid Brush None
Repellency Insect Fragrance
Repellent
Photography Liquid Liquid None None
Developer Fixative
Cosmetic- Liquid Liquid or Porous Anti-
Perfumery/ Fragrance Cream stiff perspirant
Body Care Deodorant applicator pads
Decorative Decorative Oil Paint Brush Solvent-
Arts Oil Lacquer containing
C~lipes
Cosmetic- Liquid Encapsulated None None
Perfumery Fragrance Fragrance
Note *: Nail lacquer-nail lacquer curing agent
compositions and processes for using same are
disclosed, for example, in Sawyer, U.S.
Patent 6,401,724 issued on June 11, 2002, the
disclosure of which is incorporated herein by
reference.
Note **: Nail infection treatment composition
components and methods of utilizing same are disclosed,
for example, in Lee, U.S. Patent 6,413,555 issued on
July 2, 2002, the disclosure of which is incorporated
herein by reference.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Figure 1 is a side view of a first embodiment
of the compartmentalized container of our invention
which is a bi-compartmentalized container, shown in an
upright position.
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Figure 2 is a cut-away side-elevation view of
the embodiment of the compartmentalized container shown
in Figure 1.
Figure 3 is an exploded side-elevation view
of the upper section of the embodiment of the
compartmentalized container shown in Figure 1.
Figure 4 is an exploded side-elevation view
of the lower section of the embodiment of the
compartmentalized container shown in Figure 1.
Figure 5A is a side view of a second
embodiment of the compartmentalized container of our
invention which is a bi-compartmentalized container,
shown in an upright position.
Figure 5B is an exploded side-elevation view
of the second embodiment of the compartmentalized
container of our invention shown in Figure 5A.
Figure 6A is a side view of a third
embodiment of the compartmentalized container of our
invention which is a bi-compartmentalized container,
shown in an upright position.
Figure 6B is an exploded side-elevation view
of the third embodiment of the compartmentalized
container of our invention shown in Figure 6A.
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Figure 7A is a side view of a fourth
embodiment of the compartmentalized container of our
invention which is a bi-compartmentalized container,
shown in an upright position.
Figure 7B is an exploded side-elevation view
of the fourth embodiment of the compartmentalized
container of our invention shown in Figure 7A.
Figure 8A is a side view of a fifth
embodiment of the compartmentalized container of our
invention which is a bi-compartmentalized container,
shown in an upright position.
Figure 8B is an exploded side-elevation view
of the fifth embodiment of the compartmentalized
container of our invention shown in Figure 8A.
Figure 9A is a side view of a sixth
embodiment of the compartmentalized container of our
invention which is a tri-compartmentalized container,
shown in an upright position including an internal
accessory-holding compartment.
35 Figure 9B is an exploded side-elevation view
of the sixth embodiment of the compartmentalized
container of our invention shown in Figure 9A.
Figure 10A is a side view of a seventh
embodiment of the compartmentalized container of our
invention which is a tri-compartmentalized container,
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shown in an upright position including an internal
accessory-holding compartment.
Figure 10B is an exploded side-elevation view
of the seventh embodiment of the compartmentalized
container of oux invention shown in Figure 10A.
Figure 11A is a side view of the fifth
embodiment of the compartmentalized container of our
invention which is a bi-compartmentalized container,
partially exploded, showing the upper cap removed, with
the upper compartment xeady for use.
Figure 11B is a side view of the fifth
embodiment of the compartmentalized container of our
invention, partially exploded, showing the upper cap
attached, with the lower compartment separated from the
upper compartment, with the applicator attached to the
upper compartment ready for use in conjunction with the
contents of the lower compartment.
Figure 12A is a perspective view of a prior
art compound container as published in "Practical and
Innovative Package", Export Magazine, No. 5, 14,
July/August, 1994, Page 57; Published by Associazione
Nazionale Grossisti Italiani Profumeria of Rome, Italy.
Figure 12B is an exploded perspective view of
the prior art container of Figure 12A.
Figure 13A is a side view of an eighth
embodiment of the compartmentalized container of our
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invention which is a tri-compartmentalized container,
shown in an upright position. where the upper
compartment contains a fluidized solid, e.g., nail
"glitter" .
Figure 13B is an exploded side-elevation view
of the eighth embodiment of the compartmentalized
container of our invention shown in Figure 13A.
Figure 13C is another exploded side-elevation
view of the eighth embodiment of the compartmentalized
container of our invention shown in Figure 13A showing
the fluidized solid, e.g., nail "glitter" partially
removed from the upper compartment.
Figure 14A is a perspective view of a first
embodiment of a cap having an upper lid, a substantial
portion of which is in the form of a screen and is thus
porous to fluidized solids, e.g., nail "glitter", which
cap is employed as part of the eighth embodiment of the
compartmentalized container of our invention, shown in
Figure 13A.
Figure 14B is a perspective view of a second
embodiment of a cap having upper lid, which lid
contains a multiplicity of small circular orifices and
is thus porous to fluidized solids, e.g., nail
"glitter", which cap is employed as part of the eighth
embodiment of the compartmentalized container of our
invention, shown in Figure 13A.
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Figure 15A is a side view of a modification
of the second embodiment of the compartmentalized
container of our invention, shown in an upright
position, wherein a wall support is detachably affixed
to the upper rim of the upper compartment of the
bi-compartmentalized container.
Figure 15B is an exploded side-elevation view
of the modified second embodiment of the
compartmentalized container of our invention shown in
Figure 15A wherein a wall support is detachably affixed
to the upper rim of the upper compartment of the
bi-compartmentalized container.
Figure 15C is a detailed side-elevation view
of the upper section of the upper compartment of the
modified second embodiment of the compartmentalized
container of our invention shown in Figure 15A wherein
a wall support is detachably affixed to the upper rim
of the upper compartment of the bi-compartmentalized
container.
Figure 15D is a detailed perspective view of
the upper section of the upper compartment of the
modified second embodiment of the compartmentalized
container of our invention shown in Figure 15A wherein
a wall support is detachably affixed to the upper rim
of the upper compartment of the bi-compartmentalized
container.
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWTNGS
Referring to Figures 1-4, 9A, 9B, 10A, 10B,
13A, 13B, 13C, 14A and 14B, showing a compound hollow
container 900 (shown as such in Figure 9A) having three
compartments for containing, storing and dispensing two
liquids or a liquid in the lower compartment and a
fluidized solid in the uppermost compartment, in and
from two of the compartments, e.g., nail polish and
nail polish remover or nail glitter, and accessories
therefor, e.g., nail wipes 88 (shown in Figure 9B)
and 105 (shown in Figure 10B) in and from the third
centrally-located compartment, as well as a capping
member therefor (shown in Figures 3, 15A and 15B), the
container 900 (shown as such in Figure 9A) consists of:
(a) A hollow base member 17 in the shape of a conical
frustum having a lower planar base 10 having a larger
dimension than its upper base, which upper base has an
orifice therethough, the bases being connected by a
liquid-impermeable frusto-conical wall 14. The orifice
of the upper base is surrounded by an upwardly extended
externally screw-threaded cylinder 22B (shown in
Figure 4). The upwardly extended externally-threaded
cylinder is surrounded by an upwardly-extended
frusto-hyperboloid 130B (shown in Figures 9A and 9B)
having diminishing radii as it is upwardly extended;
(b) Attached to the hollow base member 17 via mating
screw threads located on the internal surface of a
lower internally-situated circular cylinder 22A is a
storage member means (shown by reference numeral 93 in
Figure 9B) having a frusto-hyperboloid outer surface 13
(shown in Figure 1) or 130A (shown in Figures 9A
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and 9B) fully abutting at 131 (shown in Figure 9B) a
lower circular rim having the same diameter and
circumference as the upper base rim of hollow base
member 17 and juxtaposed thereto at its base. The
upper base of the storage member means has an orifice
therethrough surrounded by a circumventing circular rim
(shown by reference numeral 91 in Figures 9A and 9B).
The upper rim 91 (shown in Figures 9A and 9B) of the
storage member means has a circumferential snap-fit
fitting having the same radius and circumference and
mating with a snap-fit fitting 92 (shown in Figure 9B)
located on the rim circumventing the base of the body
member means 16, described infra. Attached to the
center of the lower base of storage member means 93 is
an applicator shown by reference numerals 52 (the
shaft) and 53 (the brush) (shown in Figures 9B, 10A
and 10B) extending downwardly along the vertical axis
of cylinder 22 into the inner space of the base
r
member 17.
(c) Accordingly, attached to the upper base of the
storage member means via two mating snap-fit fittings
(including fitting 92 shown in Figure 10B) is a hollow
body member means 16 having a frusto-conical
surface 110 (shown in Figures 9A and 9B) or 11 (shown
in Figures 1, 2, 13A, 13B, and 13C) extending from its
lower base rim circumvented by a snap-fit fitting 92
(shown in Figure 9B) to an upper base 95 (shown in
Figure 9B) surrounded by an upper base rim and having
an aperture therethrough. Circumventing the aperturee
of the upper base and extending upwardly therefrom is
cylinder 21B (shown in Figures 3, 9B and 13C) threaded
on its outer surface with a screw thread which mates
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with, and which is juxtaposed with a screw thread
located on the inner surface of a downwardly-directed
cylinder 21A located within the lower section of the
inner portion of capping member means 10. The upper
rim of cylinder 21B may be covered with a porous liquid
applicator 80 (constructed, for example from sponge
natural rubber or polyurethane foam produced from
tolylene diisocyanate, dimer acid and dibutylene
glycol) (shown in Figures 9A and 9B) or the orifice
surrounded by the upper rim may be open and a fluidized
solid, 300, e.g., nail glitter by me employed in body
member means 16 as shown in Figures 13A and 13B.
(d) Accordingly, attached to the upper base of body
member means 16 via two mating juxtaposed screw
fittings on cylinders 21A and 21B is capping member
means 10. The capping member may have a solid
liquid-impermeable horizontally-disposed upper lid 101
(as shown in Figures 10A and 10B) which may have
permanently affixed thereto a leveraged opening
means 100 shown in the shape of a golf ball in
Figures 10A and 10B); or the horizontally-disposed
upper lid of the capping member means may be fluidized
solid-permeabilizable for example (i) by including an
adjustable set of orifices 201A (which orifices have
variable diameters from 0 up to about 2 mm) in the
upper lid 201 as set forth in Figure 14B or (ii) by
including an adjustable fine mesh screen 200 in the
upper lid as set forth in Figure 14A (which screen has
a variable mesh size permitting particles up to 2 mm in
diameter to pass through the screen 200).
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Referring to Figures 12A and 12B showing a
prior art article, cylindrical base member 121 (which
can contain nail polish, for example) is covered with. a
cylindrical lid 122 attached via two mating screw
fittings to the base member 121, but having a
significantly pronounced indent between the lid
member 122 and the base member 121. Attached to the
lid via two mating snap-fit rim fittings is body
member 123 (which can contain nail polish remover, for
example). Attached to the upper rim 182 of body
member 123 is a hollow cylinder 181 into which is
inserted application or cleaning pads 180.
Cylinder 181 is protected by snugly fitting cap 120.
Referring to Figures 5A, 5B, 6A, 6B, 7A, 7B,
15A and 15B, each of which shows a compound hollow
bi-compartmentalized container capable of containing,
storing and dispensing readily-utilizable liquids and
equipped with liquid applicators for each of the
liquids the container consists of:
(a) A vertically-disposed hollow base member 17 having
a hollow vertically-disposed frusto-conical base
section 14 having a planar circular liquid-impermeable
first solid base and having a first circular rim;
extending upwardly from the entire circumference of
said first circular rim a substantially
vertically-disposed liquid-impermeable solid thin
cylindrical wall surrounding a first volume V1
terminating at an upper horizontal second circular rim;
fixedly fused to the entirety of the said second
circular rim and extending upwardly, a
vertically-disposed outwardly concave upwardly
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convergent frusto-hyperbolic section 13B having a thin
liquid-impermeable solid wall terminating at an upper
horizontal third circular rim 55B fully circumventing a
first horizontal aperture; and fixedly fused to said
third circular rim a first vertically-disposed
cylindrical section having a liquid-impermeable thin
solid cylindrical wall and an inner first cylinder
surface and an outer first cylinder surface 22B, said
outer first cylinder surface being horizontally
threaded with a first thread pitch p and a thread
depth D, said first cylindrical section fully
circumventing the entirety of a second horizontally
disposed aperture;
(b) Removably attached to said hollow base member 17
onto said first vertically-disposed cylindrical
section, a vertically-disposed hollow body member 16
having a hollow vertically-disposed frusto-conical body
section having a horizontally-disposed planar circular
liquid-impermeable second solid base having a fourth
circular rim circumventing said second solid base;
fixedly attached proximate the center of said second
solid base, and extending vertically downwardly
therefrom into the interior of said frusto-conical base
section a first applicator member 52 terminating in
applicator brush 53 or, in the alternative, a rigid
absorbent applicator 61 constructed of a natural
sponge, or a cross-linked polystyrene foam, e.g.,
STYROFOAM" (Registered Trademark of The Dow Chemical
Company of Midland, Michigan, U.S.A.), or a
polyurethane foam, e.g., a material produced, for
example, by reacting tolylene diisocyanate with dimer
acid and a polypropylene glycol; fixedly fused to the
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entirety of said fourth circular rim and extending
downwardly, a vertically-disposed outwardly concave
downwardly convergent frusto-hyperbolic section 13A
having a thin liquid-impermeable wall terminating at a
lower horizontal fifth circular rim 55A circumventing a
third horizontally-disposed aperture which is co-planar
with said second horizontally-disposed aperture;
fixedly fused to the entirety of said lower horizontal
fifth circular rim 55A, and extending upwardly
therefrom, within the confines of said downwardly
convergent frusto-hyperbolic section, in a direction
perpendicular to the plane of said third
horizontally-disposed aperture, a second
vertically-disposed cylindrical section having a liquid
or fluidized solid-impermeable thin solid wall having
an inner second cylinder surface and an outer second
cylinder surface, said inner second cylinder surface
being horizontally threaded with a second thread having
a thread pitch p' and a thread depth 0', said second
thread mating with and being juxtaposed and removably
sealably cooperating with said first thread of said
first cylindrical section of said base member (a);
extending upwardly from the entirety of said fourth
circular rim a substantially vertically-disposed
liquid-impermeable solid thin wall 11 surrounding a
second volume V2 terminating at an upper
horizontally-disposed sixth circular rim; fixedly fused
to the entirety of said sixth circular rim and
extending upwardly therefrom in a direction
perpendicular to the plane of said third
horizontally-disposed aperture, a third
vertically-disposed cylindrical section 21B having a
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liquid-impermeable thin solid wall having an inner
third cylinder surface and an outer third cylinder
surface, said outer third cylinder surface being
horizontally threaded with a third thread having a
thread pitch p" and a thread depth ~", said third
cylinder wall terminating at a seventh circular rim
circumventing a fourth horizontally-disposed aperture;
and
(c) Removably attached to said hollow body member 16
onto said third vertically disposed cylinder section, a
container capping member 10 having a
horizontally-disposed liquid-impermeable solid circular
planar lid member circumvented by an eighth circular
rim; fixedly fused to, and extending downwardly from
the entirety of the circumference of said eighth
circular rim, an outwardly, downwardly expanding
frusto-conical wall terminating at the inner portion
thereof in a fourth cylindrical section having a fourth
inner cylindrical surface and a fourth outer
cylindrical surface, said fourth inner cylindrical
surface being horizontally threaded with a fourth
thread having a thread pitch, p"' and a thread
depth, 0"', said fourth thread mating with, being
juxtaposed with, and sealably cooperative with said
third thread of said third cylindrical section 21B of
said hollow body member; optionally fixedly attached
proximate the center of said third solid planar base,
and extending vertically downward therefrom into the
interior of said frusto-conical body section, in a
direction perpendicular to the plane of said third
solid planar base, a second applicator 50 terminating
in application brush 51 or, in the alternative, rigid
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absorbent applicator 71 constructed of a natural sponge
material or a polystyrene foam material e.g.,
STYROFOAM or a polyurethane foam material.
Optionally, container suspending means such as a wire
wall support member having bendable metal (e. g.,
stainless steel, copper or cupro-nickel) wire shaft 211
and hook 212 may be attached to the container of our
invention, preferably at the upper.
horizontally-disposed sixth circular rim at which
capping member wall 11 terminates, located at the base
of cylindrical section 21B.
Referring to Figures 8A, 8B, 11A and 11B each
of which shows a container whioh is a compound hollow
bi-compartmentalized container 800 capable of
containing, storing and dispensing readily-utilizable
liquids and equipped with liquid applicators for each
of the liquids, the container 800 oonsists of:
(a) A vertically-disposed hollow base member 14 having
a hollow vertically-disposed frusto-conical base
section having a planar circular liquid-impermeable
first solid base of radius R1 of from about 1 cm up to
about 2 cm and having a first circular rim having a
length of 2~cRl; extending upwardly from the entire
circumference of said first circular rim a
substantially vertically-disposed liquid-impermeable
solid thin cylindrical wall having a height H1 of from
about 2.5 cm up to about 5.0 cm surrounding a first
volume Viof from about 20 cc up to about 100 cc
terminating at an upper horizontal second circular rim
having a radius R~ of from about 1 cm up to about 2 cm;
fixedly fused to the entirety of the said second
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circular rim and extending upwardly therefrom, a
vertically-disposed outwardly concave upwardly
convergent frusto-hyperbolic section 138 having a
height Hz of from about 0.5 cm up to about 1.5 cm and
having a thin liquid-impermeable solid cylindrical wall
terminating at an upper horizontal third circular rim
fully circumventing a first horizontal aperture having
a radius R3 of from about 0.5 up to about 1.5 cm with
the proviso that RZ > R3; and fixedly fused to said
third circular rim a first vertically-disposed
cylindrical section 22B having a liquid-impermeable
thin solid cylindrical wall and a height H3 of from
about 0.5 cm up to about 1.0 cm and an inner first
cylinder surface and an outer first cylinder surface,
said outer first cylinder surface being horizontally
threaded with a first thread pitch p and a thread
depth O, said first cylindrical section fully
circumventing the entirety of a second horizontally
disposed aperture of radius R3;
(b) Removably attached to said hollow base member onto
said first vertically-disposed cylindrical section, a
vertically-disposed hollow body member having a hollow
vertically-disposed frusto-conical body section 110
having a horizontally-disposed planar circular
liquid-impermeable second solid base of radius RZ' of
from about 1 cm up to about 2 cm having a fourth
circular rim circumventing said second solid base;
fixedly attached proximate the center of said second
solid base, and extending vertically downwardly
therefrom into the interior of said frusto-conical base
section 14 a first applicator shaft member 52
terminating in an application brush 53 having a
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length Z1 of from about 3.0 cm up to about 6.5 cm with
the proviso that H1 _< Z~ <_ [H1 + H2 + H3] ; fixedly fused
to the entirety of said fourth circular rim and
extending downwardly, a vertically-disposed outwardly
concave downwardly convergent frusto-hyperbolic
section 13A having a height H2' of from about 0.5 cm up
to about 1.5 cm and having a thin liquid-impermeable
wall terminating at a lower horizontal fifth circular
rim circumventing a third horizontally-disposed
aperture of radius R3' which is co-planar with said
second horizontally-disposed aperture, with the proviso
that R3 = R3'; fixedly fused to the entirety of said
lower horizontal fifth circular rim, and extending
upwardly therefrom, within the confines of said
downwardly convergent frusto-hyperbolic section, in a
direction perpendicular to the plane of said third
horizontally-disposed aperture, a second
vertically-disposed cylindrical section having a liquid
impermeable thin solid wall of height H3' of from
about 0.5 cm up to about 1 cm and an inner second
cylinder surface and an outer second cylinder surface,
said inner second cylinder surface being horizontally
threaded with a second thread having a thread pitch p'
and a thread depth O', said second thread mating with,
being juxtaposed and removably sealably cooperating
with said first thread of said first cylindrical
section of said base member (a); extending upwardly
from the entirety of said fourth circular rim a
substantially vertically-disposed liquid-impermeable
solid thin cylindrical wall having a height H1' of from
about 2.5 cm up to about 5.0 cm surrounding a second
volume V2 of from about 20 cc up to about 100 cc
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terminating at an upper horizontally-disposed sixth
circular rim having a radius R~' of from about 1 cm up
to about 2 cm; fixedly fused to the entirety of said
sixth circular rim and extending upwardly therefrom in
a direction perpendicular to the plane of said third
horizontally-disposed aperture, a third
vertically-disposed cylindrical section 21B having a
liquid-impermeable thin solid wall and a height H4 of
from about 0.5 cm up to about 1.0 cm and an inner third
cylinder surface and an outer third cylinder surface,
said outer third cylinder surface being horizontally
threaded with a third thread having a thread pitch p"
and a thread depth ~", said third cylinder wall
terminating at a seventh circular rim 81 circumscribing
a fourth horizontally-disposed aperture having a
radius R4 of from about 1 cm up to about 2 cm with the
proviso that R4 <_ R3; removably attached to the entirety
of said seventh circular rim and fully covering and
fitting within said fourth circular aperture, a porous
hemispheroidal second applicator means 80 (i) having a
central circular plane of radius R4', where R4 = R4',
coplanar with said aperture; (ii) having a central
substantially vertical axis substantially perpendicular
to the plane of the fourth horizontally-disposed
circular aperture; (iii) having a central height H4 as
measured along said central axis of from about 0.5 up
to about 1.0 cm; and (iv) having a volume of from
about 0.5 up to about 1.5 cc; and
(c) Removably attached to said hollow body member 110
onto said third vertically disposed cylinder
section 21B, a container capping member 10 having a
horizontally-disposed liquid -impermeable solid
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circular planar lid member having a radius RS of from
about 0.5 up to about 1.5 cm and circumvented by an
eighth circular rim having a circumference of 2~tR5;
fixedly fused to, an extending downwardly from the
entirety of said eighth circular rim, a wall having a
height H5 of from about 2 cm up to about 4 cm,
terminating in a fourth cylindrical section having a
height H4' of from about 0.5 cm up to about 1.0 cm,
said fourth cylindrical section having a fourth inner
cylindrical surface and a fourth outer cylindrical
surface, said fourth inner cylindrical surface being
horizontally threaded with a fourth thread having a
thread pitch, p"' and a thread depth, ~"°, said fourth
thread mating with, being juxtaposed with, and sealably
cooperative with said third thread of said hollow body
member.
